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trochaical

trochaical is the alternative form of trochaic.

Meaning of trochaic

Adjective

trochaic (not comparable)

  1. Composed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
    • Therefore, in precisely these languages a mechanism could be maintained which preserves the contrast between stressed and unstressed syllables in the trochaic word structure pattern (see 42.3.1) by weakening the onset of a longer or weightier unstressed syllable.2022, Marianne Bakró-Nagy, “Consonant gradation”, in Marianne Bakró-Nagy, Johanna Laakso, Elena Skribnik, editors, The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page...

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Questions about trochaical

What is trochaical the alternative form of?
Trochaical is the alternative form of trochaic.

Words near trochaical in the dictionary

  1. troccles
  2. troch-
  3. troch.
  4. trocha
  5. trochaic
  6. trochaical
  7. trochaick
  8. trochaicks
  9. trochaics
  10. trochaize
  11. trochaized

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